Rob Birdwell - musician, composer, arranger, songwriter, and founder of BirdwellMusic.com. Groups and collaborations include The Lubians, 5th & B, Sideways Portal, The Svens, Sandbox, The Blowholes, and other musical clans; this is where Rob toots his own horn and posts his musical musings, observations, rants, raves and, well, all things musical!

Monday, September 19, 2011

The memorial service today for Tim Misner - very sad, but comforting to hear the stories about Tim from his family and friends. Much healing and comfort will be needed for his family of course. Ken Saul played a from-the-heart rendition of Danny Boy. I saw many familiar faces.

I came to know Tim several years back through music. We were part of a monthly "Corvallis Composer's Guild" - really just a rag-tag group of us that shared our works, methods, and encouraged each other. I think that group lasted about 3 months but it was still a nice time.

Tim shared some of his production techniques with me and still to this day whenever I mix drums I recall how Tim did his. He shared with me some of his early versions of his Oregon Trail suite and I was very impressed and proud of him for following his dream.

We were all handed beautiful flowers at the memorial - well, I think dandelions are beautiful - but these were a mix of sun flowers and other field flowers. Perfect for fall. Mine's wilting now even though I'm trying in vain to keep it going in a cup of water.

I've got a little bon-bon of an arrangement of a traditional Mexican folk song on my plate called De Colores. It's just a simple song that pays tribute to the wonder of colors. I'll dedicate it to Tim. Now I just have to finish it...and I will.

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Rob Birdwell is a musician living in Corvallis, Oregon. Rob plays trumpet/flugelhorn, some tenor sax, piano, bass, percussion and vocals. He performs with a wide range of groups and artists: Dave Storrs, The Lubians, Sandbox, The Svens, 5th & B, Sideways Portal, and many others. He's a frequent guest-conductor for the Corvallis-OSU Symphony and has composed/arranged music for them as well.